Week in court

Court reporter

A round-up of people who have appeared before Wigan and Leigh magistrates.

Jane Marie O’Neill (50): Francis Street, Hindley - Dishonestly failed to tell the Department of Work and Pensions about a change in circumstances that they knew would affect their entitlement to disability living allowance: Community order with 14-week curfew, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £85, pay costs of £250.

Gary James Davis (44): Abbey Street, Leigh - Failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order for five counts of shoplifting: New nine-month community order made with drug rehabilitation requirement and four-week curfew.

Thomas Brooks (27): Lightburn Avenue, Pennington, Leigh - Made indecent photos of a child in three categories of seriousness: Guilty pleas given and sent to Bolton Crown Court on March 7 for sentencing.

Craig Hope (30): St Helens Road, Leigh - Drink driving on St Helens Road, Lowton, with 85 micorgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, with 85 microgrammes of alcohol being the legal limit: 12-month community order with rehabilitation requirement and unpaid work requirement for 60 hours, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £85, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service, disqualified from driving for three years.

Ashley Lloyd: Ennerdale Road, Leigh - Being a person not registered as a dentist or dental care professional, unlawfully held herself out as being prepared to practice dentistry, namely tooth whitening: Fined £160, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £30, pay costs of £500.

Daniel Sykes (28): Ravenswood Drive, Hindley - Drove a vehicle in Liverpool Road, Hindley, when the registration marks at the front and rear failed to meet regulations in that the spacing was incorrect: Fined £160, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £15, pay costs of £85.

Wayne Edward Raftry (45): Letcombe Close, Leigh - Stole meat to the value of £105 belonging to Lidl and assault by beating: Community order with 16-week curfew.

Maciej Kordulasinski (36): Manchester Road, Ince - Failed to give information in relation to the driver of an Audi A6 alleged to have been guilty of an offence: Fined £253, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £30, pay costs of £85, driving record endorsed with six penalty points.